Many visitors to the Amar Ekushey Book Fair are found gathering around painters and artists to get their face painted with pictures in different colours. Around 50 painters are found every day at the fair ground — both at the Bangla Academy premise and its extended part of Suhrawardy Udyan — who
Month: February 2014
Bookworms’ interests ebb away with drizzle
Continuous drizzle put a damper on the interests of the book lovers to the Ekushey Book Fair in the last two days till Monday, causing a less turnout than usual. The climate rather turned the situation at the fair venue–both the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan segments–completely messy, much to the disgust of the visitors ... Read more
Pry students mourn fellows’ death
Picnic Bus Accident Pry students mourn fellows’ death Students of all primary schools on Monday mourned the death of seven of their fellows who died in a traffic accident at Chaugachha in Jessore. The government on Sunday declared mourning in all primary schools for Monday after the seven schoolchildren – Ankhi, 10, Suriya, 8, Shanta, ... Read more
HSC, equivalent exams begin April 3
The Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations of 2014 will begin on April 3, said an education ministry statement on Monday. The examinations were supposed to begin on April 1, but were deferred by two days after a request from the Election Commission because of the
Local, Japanese artists depict nature, culture
Local and Japanese artists have displayed artworks representing the cultural heritage and nature of the respective countries in a group show at Gallery Chitrak in Dhanmondi. The show titled Japan Bangladesh Friendship Painting Exhibition showcases 32 works by 10 Japanese and 19 Bangladeshi artists. Gloria Foundation has organised
Shadhona presents Radha-Krishna myth
Artistes of Shadhona delighted the audience at the premier show of its latest dance production Premamritam at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday evening. Premamritam is the part of a project to popularise the traditional Vishnupriya Manipuri dance by Shadhona in association with the Moulvibazar-based theatre troupe Manipuri Theatre.
Rescheduling spree cuts defaulted bank loans by Tk 16,137cr in Q4
2013 defaulted loans decrease by 5pc Defaulted loans in the banking sector decreased by 5.01 per cent in 2013 year-on-year as banks’ rescheduling spree in the last quarter of the year on political consideration brought down the defaulted loans by Tk 16,137.09 crore in only three months. Bangladesh Bank officials told New Age on Monday that ... Read more
Owners seek time, fund for RMG factory relocation
Meeting With Accord Owners seek time, fund for RMG factory relocation Garment factory owners has sought five years to shift their production units from shared and rented buildings after a platform of European Union retailers asked them to relocate their units soon due to safety concern. At a meeting with the representatives of EU Accord on ... Read more
Traders, professionals asked to display TIN certificates
Business Premises, Chambers Traders, professionals asked to display TIN certificates The National Board of Revenue has asked business houses, shops and professional taxpayers to display their taxpayer identification number certificates at a visible place of business premises, officials of the revenue board said. They said that the NBR took the initiative to smoothly carry out the ... Read more
BTRC shuns unlawful service approval practice
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has backtracked from approving any service or tariff of the telecom operators without prior consent of the telecom ministry. According to BTRC officials, since last week they have been only forwarding the service and tariff approval application to the telecom ministry
50m more Bangladeshi kids to use mobile internet in next 10yrs: Telenor
Telenor Group, the parent company of Grameenphone, has projected that around 50 million Bangladeshi children will access the internet through mobile phone for the first time in the next one decade. A Telenor press release issued on Monday said the group was projecting around 500 million children in Asia would be introduced to internet in the ... Read more
Telcos to get access to EC database by March
Cellular phone operators of the country are going to get access to the Election Commission’s database by March next to verify the subscriber’s information before activating new connections, said officials. They said telecom regulator has almost finalised different issues with the Election Commission for using the database of the national ID. Talking to the news
BSEC now eyes commodity exchange launch
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has planned to introduce commodity exchange and a clearing corporation after the completion of all the process of demutualisation of Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges, BSEC officials said. Commodity exchange is a process for buying and selling commodities for future delivery, while clearing corporation
Ensuring demutualisation goals, transparency key challenges
Siddiqur says while taking DSE chairman’s office Chairman of the first demutualised board of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, former justice Siddiqur Rahman Miah, on Monday said that implementing the objectives of the demutualisation and ensuring transparency and accountability in the bourse’s operation would be the key challenges for him and the new board. ‘I have already ... Read more
Dhaka stocks drop for 3rd day
Dhaka stocks declined for the third trading session on Monday in volatile trading as investors remained uncertain about the market trend after the formation of the bourse’s first demutualised board that includes seven independent directors. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, decreased to 4,684.07 points, shedding 0.63 per cent
RMG factory owners should be sympathetic to workers: Tofail
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday said garment factory owners should be sympathetic to their workers and should not terminate them on silly grounds, as they make export quality items of the country. ‘The garment factory owners should be more sympathetic to their workers as they fetch the country’s biggest export earning,’ he said while speaking ... Read more
Sloppy Tigers throw it away
Bangladesh paid the price for their sloppy fielding and poor nerve as they suffered yet another heart-breaking defeat against Sri Lanka, this time by 13 runs, in the first one-day international in Dhaka on Monday. The Tigers were ahead for most of the match, reducing Sri Lanka to 67-8 with before a series of dropped catches ... Read more
Tigers rue missed opportunities
Bangladesh were left ruing the poor fielding that helped Sri Lanka claw their way back into the contest and seal a 13-run win in the first one-day international in Dhaka on Monday. The Tigers had a great opportunity to post their fifth one-day win over Sri Lanka and draw first blood in the three-match series ... Read more
Afusi rues bad luck
Sheikh Jamal’s Nigerian coach Joseph Afusi on Monday claimed that his side lost the just-concluded IFA Shield final to Indian club Kolkata Mohammedan due to bad luck. The Dhanmondi-based club returned to Dhaka from Kolkata, India on Monday after taking part in the 118th edition of the IFA Shield, the fourth
Tamim, Mash miss match through injury
Bangladesh were forced to play the first one-day international against Sri Lanka on Monday without key players Tamim Iqbal and Mashrafee bin Murtaza after injuries ruled them out at the eleventh hour. Tamim was suffering from a stiff neck – an injury he picked up before the Twenty20 series in Chittagong – while Mashrafee pulled a ... Read more